Ethnic patriotism and the East African Revival: a social history of dissent, c. 1935 to 1972

This Book Focuses On The Struggle Between Cosmopolitan Christian Converts And East African Patriots To Define Culture And Community In The Mid-twentieth Century-- Ethnic Patriotism And The East African Revival Shows How, In The Era Of African Political Independence, Cosmopolitan Christian Converts Struggled With East Africa's Patriots Over The Definition Of Culture And Community. The Book Traces The History Of The East African Revival, An Evangelical Movement That Spread Through Much Of Eastern And Central Africa. Its Converts Offered A Subversive Reading Of Culture, Disavowing Their Compatriots And Disregarding Their Obligations To Kin. They Earned The Ire Of East Africa's Patriots, Who Worked To Root People In Place As Inheritors Of Ancestral Wisdom. This Book Casts Religious Conversion In A New Light: Not As An Inward Reorientation Of Belief, But As A Political Action That Opened Up Novel Paths Of Self-narration And Unsettled The Inventions Of Tradition-- 1. Introduction: The Pilgrims' Politics -- 2. The Infrastructure Of Cosmopolitanism -- 3. Religious Movements In Southern Uganda -- 4. Civil Society In Buganda -- 5. Taking Stock: Conversion And Accountancy In Bugufi -- 6. Patriotism And Dissent In Western Kenya -- 7. The Cultural Work Of Moral Reform In Northwestern Tanganyika -- 8. Conversion And Court Procedure -- 9. The Politics Of Autobiography In Central Kenya -- 10. Confession, Slander, And Civic Virtue In Mau Mau Detention Camps -- 11. Contests Of Time In Western Uganda -- Conclusion: Pilgrims And Patriots In Contemporary East Africa; Bibliography. Derek R. Peterson, University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 295-334) And Index. Frontmatter List of Figures (page x) Archives Abbreviations (page xi) Preface and Acknowledgments (page xiii) I. Introduction: The Pilgrims' Politics (page 1) 2. The Infrastructure of Cosmopolitanism (page 37) 3. Religious Movements in Southern Uganda (page 50) 4. Civil Society in Buganda (page 78) 5. Taking Stock: Conversion and Accountancy in Bugufi (page 105) 6. Patriotism and Dissent in Western Kenya (page 127) 7. The Cultural Work of Moral Reform in Northwestern Tanganyika (page 152) 8. Conversion and Court Procedure (page 178) 9. The Politics of Autobiography in Central Kenya (page 195) I0. Confession, Slander, and Civic Virtue in Mau Mau Detention Camps (page 217) II. Contests of Time in Western Uganda (page 249) I2. Conclusion: Pilgrims and Patriots in Contemporary East Africa (page 281) Bibliography (page 295) Index (page 335) Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: the pilgrims' politics; 2. The infrastructure of cosmopolitanism; 3. Religious movements in southern Uganda; 4. Civil society in Buganda; 5. Taking stock: conversion and accountancy in Bugufi; 6. Patriotism and dissent in western Kenya; 7. The politics of moral reform in northwestern Tanganyika; 8. Subjects of the law: conversion and court procedure; 9. Casting characters: autobiography and political argument in central Kenya; 10. Confession, slander, and civic virtue in Mau Mau detention camps; 11. Contests of time in western Uganda; Conclusion: pilgrims and patriots in contemporary east Africa; Bibliography.